New Woodland and Botanical Designs From Margaret Peot

Marsh Creatures (L941)

Margaret was inspired to make this 9 x 12 stencil after going back to Ohio to visit some of her old haunts. She grew up between a pond and a giant marsh, and that provided endless opportunities for play. She has been revisiting that time in her artwork—hours alone with her dog, walking along the edge of the pond, watching the frogs jump into the water

Marsh Flowers (L942)

Queen Anne’s Lace, cornflower, black-eyed Susans, thistles, those little pink lobed flowers that she never knew the name of—all the wildflowers in this 9 x 12 stencil grew in the fencerow by the swamp by Margaret's childhood home. They made their way into bouquets that she put all over the house.

Mushrooms (L943)

Margaret's next-door neighbor had a wealth of mushrooms in her woods: different sizes and shapes, glowing against the dark soil and leaves. 

Sinuous Vines (L944)

Margaret made this 9 x 12 stencil because she needed a stencil that moved —that could twist across journal pages, tie things together, and break up a staid layout—while still being representative of the natural world.

Woodland Creatures 1 (L945)

Woodland Creatures (L946)

Margaret was inspired to make these 9 x 12 woodland creatures stencils after working on a children’s book about nocturnal mothers and babies and what they are up to in the night while we sleep. The creatures in these stencils are not strictly nocturnal, but she wanted to show little windows into their lives. They would make a cool card set, or a forest-themed advent calendar…

Margaret's stencils are available now at stencilgirlproducts.com

Fantastic New Florals from Rae Missigman!

The inspiration for these was gathered from a wildflower garden that I visited in Washington DC. I remember that there were rows and rows of colored stalks that peeped over one another, row after row. It was their crowded space and tangled web of color that really caught my eye. And even in all of that jumbled tangle that was a garden I was able to pick out different shaped leaves, petals and stems. It was almost as if they were riding a line between realistic and imaginary in their chaotic little habitat. 

I envision using these on the Gelli Plate (with acrylic paint) as masks have the power to create such beautiful layers of color and lines using this medium. I also appreciate and LOVE the mysterious and unpredictable results that come from mixing inks with masks. The fluid lines that result are always a beautiful surprise.

Rae's newest collection is available today at stencilgirlproducts.com

New Designs from Cynthia Silveri Available Now!

Cynthia has always loved poppies with their cheery red color. She is equally enamored by their seed heads after they flower—their interesting structure and shape are the inspiration for the Poppy Seed Heads and Poppy Seed Stems stencils. 

  

The Twisted Forest stencil was a mash-up idea, combining Cynthia's Birch Forest stencil (L640) with her Fragmented Lines Columns stencil (S679) to create a play between organic lines of the tree branches with architectural formality creating dynamic movement in their juxtaposition.

Available today from www.stencilgirlproducts.com

New Abstract Florals and Landscapes from Jennifer Evans

S907 Paperwhites

Paperwhites are delicate flowers that can be grown indoors from bulbs. Similar to daffodils in structure, they are tiny blooms that appear in clusters. This stencil is reminiscent of looking closely into a gathering of blooms (upper right square shape) with a close-up of a leaf on the left and a border of stems underneath.  Experiment with using the negative space (areas around the main images) to see what kind of new designs will inspire your art.

S908 Sunflower

When sketching a flower, I always examine it from all angles. This stencil looks at a sunflower 3 ways: from the side, straight on into the bloom, and underneath the bloom where the greens look like a crown before it attaches to the stem. You can experiment with different color blooms. I imagine the final product being cut apart to be utilized in other projects, or to make bookmarks.

S909 Carnation

A common carnation gets the star treatment in this stencil, which features a single bloom over a background of stems and leaves. Try your hand at lending texture to the petals with any type of collage elements, or just sketch them in with a colored pencil.

S910 Mountain Pasture

Nature lovers and landscape artists will recognize how to put this stencil to good use. The horizontal and vertical lines in this design allow for close-up studies of different terrain: rocks, hills, grasses, puddles, trails, evergreens, mountains and plains.... Or, you can combine them all into one design (see example). 

S911 On the Water

This landscape with a building structure is open to many interpretations: as a waterscape (see example). Or, turn the water into rocky terrain or grassy hills. The greenery behind the building can be interpreted as hills/mountains if you prefer.

Your May StencilClub Reveal...

StencilGirl® Products is proud to announce Megan Whisner Quinlan a new designer for StencilClub 2022!  Many of you have seen Megan's work through social media and we're super excited to offer these exclusive designs as your May StencilClub set! 

Joining StencilClub means you have access to the coolest stencils around. Stencils that aren't sold anywhere else except to club members. Artist designs, made especially for club members. To get an idea of the past offerings, check out our website! 

Each month, you get the following:

• Two 9" x 12" EXCLUSIVE Stencils. 

Always Artist Designed! Sometimes there will be 2 designs, other times there will be multiple designs on two stencils.

• An EXCLUSIVE video for MEMBERS ONLY provided by the designing artist. It's a class in itself!

• A downloadable PDF with basic instructions to go along with the video for that month.

• Entrance into a SECRET Facebook group for MEMBERS ONLY! A place to share, inspire and talk all about stencils!

• Plus, as a MEMBER, you are eligible to purchase ANY past month for the membership price. Email Us with a list of which previous StencilClub sets you would like to purchase and he will provide you with a bill through PayPal.

• StencilClub members receive a loyalty coupon code each month good for 20% off stencils in the public collection. It can be used more than once.

StencilClub is only:

$25 USD - United States, monthly 

$35 USD - International, monthly

Join StencilClub by May 15th to get this exclusive stencil set from Megan Whisner Quinlan! 

December '21 StencilClub ~ Revealed by Rae Missigman

Rae Missigman was inspired by colorful ribbons filled with flowers, leaves, and berries to create the stencils of the December '21 StencilClub set, Mix & Match Botanicals.

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Rae Missigman is known for her exceptional botanical art and these stencils will help you achieve your own botanical art with watercolors, acrylics, or whatever medium you choose.

Mix & Match Botanicals ship to StencilClub members on the 15th of December. 

• One exclusive large stencil with shapes that suggest flowers and leaves, to use in the background as a unifier.
• One exclusive mini stencil that works equally well as a wreath or when you just want a single leaf element.
• One exclusive small stencil full of leaves and stems of berries or flower buds.

That same day members will get the exclusive project video Rae previewed in the reveal along with a PDF. Both are downloadable. Learn how to create gorgeous notecards with Rae!

Club members are also the only people who get 20% off stencils each month.

Join StencilClub now.

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Want to purchase StencilClub as a gift for the special artist in your life?

Email john (at) stencilgirlproducts.com with the date you want to begin and the giftee's mailing and email addresses and he will invoice you for a 6 or 12-month gift membership.

Making "Black Light" Botanicals with Sarah Gardner

It all started when I was playing around, making some ephemera/accents/focal points with some small profile botanical stencils from StencilGirl®. I was spreading white heavy body paint through the stencils onto black construction paper to create some high-contrast elements. Later on, I finished the background of a journal spread and knew how I wanted to add the text, but it needed something else. I decided to add some color to a few of my white botanical elements (Rae Missigman's "Indigo" stencil from her Botanical Wildflowers Stencil/Mask set). I used the brightest pink that was already present in my background and when I fussy cut the botanicals, that black border with the bright pink immediately reminded me of those 60's era black light posters! 

So I just had to share my discovery with you! Here's the journal spread that I've created for this post.  You can see how I made it, from start to finish, in the video below!

I'm using the following StencilGirl® Stencils: The Shaw-Adams Mashup ATC Mixup #2 Missigman Botanical Holly Fern - Stencil with Mask Botanical Wildflowers Stencil with Masks Longwood Florals Mask Tall Flowers Stencil

The bright paints I used to get that "black light" effect are: Golden: Fluorescent Green, Blue, Pink and Magenta and Fluid Acrylic in Primary Magenta and Quinacridone Magenta; Charvin: Eva's Pink; Holbein: Luminous Violet and Luminous Lemon

Have fun creating some Black Light Botanicals with StencilGirl® botanical stencils! Be sure to tag me if you post on Instagram @juicy.s.art!

Juicy*S is my DJ name. I'm not a DJ. I would love to be a DJ. It's one of my fantasy dream jobs, really. I got this name when my sister, my friend, and I were slinging paint and working in our art journals, drinking wine and keeping track of the funny things we were saying on a "sign-in" sheet...just craziness. We all ended up with a DJ name that day. I started my first art blog with this name, and I've had it ever since.

I have found that being creative, that making stuff, is a very fulfilling and beneficial activity for me. Creative play, and art journaling in particular, has become my self-care practice. It's so exciting for me to share what I'm excited about, and helping others find their own creative practice is one of my goals in life!

You can find me on Instagram @juicy.s.art and my website is: Juicy*S Art

I also have a YouTube Channel and an Etsy Shop.